Battle of Spin Boldak

Battle of Spin Boldak
	Part of Kalat Khanate's War Against Hotak-Kalhora Alliance
Date	c. 1724
Location	Spin Boldak31°0′29″N 66°23′53″E / 31.00806°N 66.39806°E
Result	Kalat Victory;
Belligerents
Khanate of Kalat	Hotak Dyansty
Commanders and leaders
Mir Abdullah Khan Ahmadzai; Mullah Issa Raisani †	Shah Hussain Hotak
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Afghanistan

The Battle of Spin Boldak (Pashto: د سپین بولدک جګړه) took place between Hotak Dyansty and Khanate of Kalat.

Background

The defeat at Battle of Chaman was shocking, and the Khanate forces regrouped to launch a revenge attack on Kandahar in 1725. However, the Kandahar Army was defeated in the Battle of Spin Boldak, and Shah Hussain fled to Kandahar Fort.^[1]

Battle

On the Kalat side death toll was high. Khan returnrd to Kalat.^[1]

Aftermath

The conflict escalated, with the Kalhora rulers in Sindh and the Hotak rulers in Kandahar forming an alliance to limit the Khanate's expansion. The allies launched a pincer attack on the Khanate forces in Quetta, leading to the Siege of Kotra and the Battle of Pishin.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Dashti, Naseer (2012-10-08). The Baloch and Balochistan: A Historical Account from the Beginning to the Fall of the Baloch State. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4669-5897-5.
^ Mihr, G̲h̲ulām Rasūl (1958). Tārīk̲h̲-i Sindh (in Urdu). Sindhī adabī borḍ.
^ The Pakistan Gazetteer. Cosmo Publications. 2000. ISBN 978-81-7020-889-1.
^ Baluchistan. Sang-e-Meel Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-969-35-1335-6.

[:0-1] Dashti, Naseer (2012-10-08). The Baloch and Balochistan: A Historical Account from the Beginning to the Fall of the Baloch State. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4669-5897-5.

[2] Mihr, G̲h̲ulām Rasūl (1958). Tārīk̲h̲-i Sindh (in Urdu). Sindhī adabī borḍ.

[3] The Pakistan Gazetteer. Cosmo Publications. 2000. ISBN 978-81-7020-889-1.

[4] Baluchistan. Sang-e-Meel Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-969-35-1335-6.

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